I especially liked this: “Stop calling me that”, I said. “I’m not your uncle, It’s just an economical narrative technique I employed, so that everyone would make the assumption that I know you really well.”
In the Netherlands we have a "Guild" of front-end developers: http://fronteers.nl We set this up for recognition of the trade, and honestly, it's helped. Not everything is a ploy.
I especially liked this: “Stop calling me that”, I said. “I’m not your uncle, It’s just an economical narrative technique I employed, so that everyone would make the assumption that I know you really well.”